R&D Team Leader – Power Consulting R&D

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Job ID: R0145919 Date Posted: 2026-09-30 Company Name: HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED Profession (Job Category): Engineering & Science Job Schedule:  Full time Remote: No Job Description: 1       R&D Team Leader – Power Consulting R&D 2       The Opportunity We are seeking a customer-focused and technically driven R&D Team Leader to lead the development of innovative consulting solutions, methodologies, digital tools, and technical capabilities within the power systems and energy consulting domain. In this role, you will drive Power Consulting R&D initiatives that transform customer challenges, grid modernization requirements, sustainability objectives, and industry expertise into scalable and value-driven solutions. You will lead a highly skilled team of power system engineers, consultants, and technical specialists, develop team capabilities, and ensure the successful execution of R&D activities aligned with business priorities. Working in a global and collaborative environment, you will partner closely with consulting, service, product, engineering, and business teams to drive innovation, technical excellence, and customer value. This is a leadership role that combines people management, power systems expertise, consulting innovation, and R&D execution in a dynamic and rapidly evolving energy industry. 3       How You'll Make an Impact Lead and manage Power Consulting R&D activities, ensuring alignment with business strategy, market trends, customer requirements, and organizational objectives. Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers and consultants, fostering innovation, collaboration, accountability, and high-performance delivery. Drive the development and continuous improvement of consulting methodologies, analytical frameworks, software tools, digital solutions, and engineering practices. Own team development, competency growth, resource planning, and talent retention. Manage operational activities for the team and ensure high-quality technical deliverables and timely execution. Collaborate with global consulting, service, product, engineering, and business stakeholders to develop innovative and scalable consulting solutions. Engage with customers, utilities, industries, and transmission system operators to understand challenges and develop value-driven solutions. Lead R&D initiatives supporting grid modernization, energy transition, renewable integration, power quality, grid stability, and asset performance improvement. Ensure traceability between requirements, assumptions, analyses, simulations, and delivered outcomes through structured R&D processes. Proactively manage risks, dependencies, priorities, and changes to ensure successful delivery of projects and strategic initiatives. Drive continuous improvement of consulting methodologies, simulation techniques, work processes, and engineering practices to enhance efficiency and quality.